Homicide and impunity: an ecological analysis at state level in Brazil Homicidio e impunidad: análisis ecológico a nivel de estado en Brasil Homicídio e impunidade: análise ecológica em nível de estado no Brasil

• Main Authors: Paulo Nadanovsky (Author), Roger Keller Celeste (Author), Margo Wilson (Author), Martin Daly (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2009-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To assess a new impunity index and variables that have been found to predict variation in homicide rates in other geographical levels as predictive of state-level homicide rates in Brazil. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional ecological study. Data from the mortality information system rel...